Selecting the right words is an essential part of communicating, whether you’re writing a wedding speech or a technical report. You need to choose words that are appropriate for your subject matter, that pitch your message at the right level for your audience, and words that most clearly convey what you are trying to say.
无论你在写婚礼致辞还是科技报告,选择正确的词对表达信息而言都十分重要。你需要选择适用于主题的词汇,向特定受众清晰地表达你的想法。
1. Choose everyday words 选择日常用词
It is true that English has a vast and varied vocabulary. However, we mostly communicate using only a fraction of those words. They are all standard, everyday words such as tall, eat, forget, and good. Those are the words that people are most used to. So, if you use them rather than more flowery words, your writing will be easier for people to read and process.
英语的词汇的确丰富多样,但在交流时我们多数只用到一小部分。这些词汇都是标准的日常用词,如:tall(高的),eat(吃),forget(忘记),good(好的)。这些都是人们最常用的词。所以,如果你的文章少用华丽辞藻而多用日常用词,对读者而言便更晓畅明了。
2. Choose appropriate formal, neutral, and informal words 选择恰当的正式用语、中性词、非正式用语
English is very rich in synonyms. But very often synonyms do not mean exactly the same thing. They are used in distinct styles of writing; some are more formal; some are slangy.For example, dozens of words express the idea ‘to steal’, but they are all different. Just to examine three of them: purloin is definitely formal, while steal is ‘neutral’, that is to say it is neither formal nor informal. But nick is definitely informal: you would be surprised to find it in a newspaper report of a crime!
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